Truth
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10.Truth and religion
10a.Scripture, revelation and divine veracity
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 169–170Asks to be guided in God's truth.read · scan
- p. 177Hates lying vanities, calls God the God of truth, and asks that lying lips be dumb.read · scan
- p. 191–193He proclaimed God's righteousness, faithfulness and truth in the great assembly.read · scan
- p. 250–251Truth springs from the earth; the psalmist vows to walk in God's truth.read · scan
- p. 291–292'All men are liars' said in haste; the truth of Jehovah endures forever.read · scan
- p. 304–305God's commandments are truth; the psalmist abhors falsehood.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 85Truth is reached through the authority of Scripture rather than unaided reasoning.read · scan
Chapters from the KoranVol. 45
- p. 889Those who call the revelation a lie are the ones condemned.read · scan
- p. 892The revelation is called certain truth against those who say it is a lie.read · scan
- p. 895–897The Quran is affirmed as certain truth in the laid-up Book, to be touched only by the purified.read · scan
- p. 919–920Truth has come and falsehood, being transient, has vanished.read · scan
- p. 983–984The Apostle comes with truth from the Lord; belief is better.read · scan
- p. 985God speaks the truth and guides, while men merely speak with their mouths.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 209–210Seek Truth in Scripture rather than cunning words; look to what is said, not who says it.read · scan
- p. 258–259Truth is taught inwardly without noise of words, not by outward voices.read · scan
- p. 307Eternal Truth teaches without noise of words or clash of arguments.read · scan
- p. 309God is Truth and cannot deceive; every man is a liar, so one should hardly believe what merely sounds right.read · scan
Martin Luther, The Ninety-Five ThesesVol. 36
- p. 258Refuses to let God's word yield to fables devised by human reason; asks for a better way.read · scan
Martin Luther, Concerning Christian LibertyVol. 36
- p. 350–351Believing God credits him with truth and righteousness; disbelief brands him false.read · scan
- p. 352To confess God's truth and righteousness is itself to be true and righteous.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 272–273Doubters demand parallels in human authors before believing Scripture.read · scan
- p. 281It is unwarrantable to examine the verity of Scripture by the concordance of human history.read · scan
Pierre Corneille, PolyeucteVol. 26
- p. 119–121Polyeucte says the lover of a lie cannot follow truth; faith rather than reason will see light.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 342Scriptures preserve truth pure, tainted by superstition and tradition, understood only by the Spirit.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise RegainedVol. 4
- p. 359Satan can only speak truth when commanded by God; the truth of the Spirit dwells in pious hearts.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 168–169The truth shall make you free; distinguishing disciples from true disciples.read · scan
- p. 217God's word is identical with His intention because He is true.read · scan
- p. 217–218Several Evangelists confirm the truth; truth follows the type.read · scan
- p. 223–224Truth was typified among the Jews, hidden in the Church, revealed in heaven.read · scan
- p. 229God's word is really true, so literal falsehood implies spiritual truth.read · scan
- p. 264–265Obscurity means Christ is known only to those who search the Scriptures.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 16–17The Book is certainly true because made by him that cannot lie.read · scan
- p. 209–210Interpreter praises Mercy for giving credit to the truth.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Profession of Faith of a Savoyard VicarVol. 34
- p. 297–298Verifying a sacred book's origin, transmission and rejection is necessary before believing it.read · scan
- p. 300–302Gospel history bears marks of truth, not fiction, though it contains incredible relations.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Over-SoulVol. 5
- p. 140Reception of new truth thrills all men; revelation discloses truth.read · scan
10b.Rival claims to truth: sects, churches and prophets
See also: Religion 3c
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 642–643Subhadda asks whether rival sect leaders have discovered the truth; the Buddha declines to judge and teaches his own Doctrine.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 65–66Manichaeus's errors in astronomy show his claims to divine teaching are false.read · scan
- p. 66–67Manichaeus's false teaching on the heavens shows his claim to the Holy Spirit's authority to be madness.read · scan
Chapters from the KoranVol. 45
- p. 932–933If the prophet lies, the lie is on him; if truthful, threatened harm will befall the persecutors.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 387Dante argues the conversion of the world without miracle would itself be the greatest miracle, evidencing the truth of Scripture.read · scan
John Knox, Preface to the History of the Reformation in ScotlandVol. 39
- p. 58Christ's eternal truth was abhorred but now triumphs over hypocrisy.read · scan
John Calvin, Dedication of the Institutes of the Christian ReligionVol. 39
- p. 27–29Divine truth is buried in obscurity while the ignorant are excused for what is certainly God's truth.read · scan
- p. 32–33The charge that the doctrine is doubtful springs from ignorance of God, and its worth would show if its opponents had to die for their own.read · scan
- p. 33Miracles cannot outweigh God's truth and are not proof of it; Satan's juggling tricks deceive the ignorant.read · scan
- p. 38–40Opponents deviate from truth by recognizing only a Church visible to bodily eye.read · scan
- p. 40–43Opposition and disturbance mark the divine word as distinct from false doctrines, which are welcomed by the world.read · scan
Francis Bacon, Essays, Civil and MoralVol. 3
- p. 92–93Most prophecies are impostures contrived after the event by crafty brains.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 193–194Men must be sincere in all religions; obscurity in China blinds yet clearness can be found by seeking.read · scan
- p. 195–196Asks what sign Mahomet has that any self-styled prophet lacks.read · scan
- p. 202Fulfilled prophecies and miracles prove the truth of the Messiah's promise.read · scan
- p. 203He relies only on indisputable foundations, setting aside miracles that may not convince.read · scan
- p. 260Enemies of Christians serve as admirable witnesses of the truth of the prophecies.read · scan
- p. 287–288When tradition is excluded and the Pope biased, truth cannot appear freely, so truth itself speaks through miracles.read · scan
- p. 292Truth wanders veiled among men; the truths that doctrine needs miracles and miracles need doctrine are each misused to revile the other.read · scan
- p. 295Objection that miracles must be judged by truth answered: miracles are useful and cannot oppose truth.read · scan
- p. 300Truth's visible sign is its preservation in one Church; history of the Church is the history of truth.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 138–139Christian says he knows their belief is true and no lie is of the truth; Atheist is blinded by the god of this world.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 110–111Every sect thinks it has all truth, like a traveler in fog who sees others but not himself, wrapped in it.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Profession of Faith of a Savoyard VicarVol. 34
- p. 283–284Truth must be everywhere the same; the true religion would bear manifest signs common to all mankind.read · scan
- p. 287–288Truth of doctrine must be examined independently of miracles, which impostors and devil can imitate.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, The Education of the Human RaceVol. 32
- p. 198–199Doctrine's truth no longer depends on the miracles that first recommended it.read · scan
John Stuart Mill, AutobiographyVol. 25
- p. 47Distinguishes the truth of religious belief from its usefulness.read · scan
10c.Lying against God and the falsifying of the Book
The Book of JobVol. 44
- p. 90–91Job calls his friends forgers of lies who speak unrighteously for God.read · scan
Chapters from the KoranVol. 45
- p. 907–908Devils descend on every sinful liar, who imparts what he has overheard.read · scan
- p. 954–955People of the Book are rebuked for clothing truth with falsehood and hiding it while knowing.read · scan
- p. 955–956Some falsify the Book and lie against God knowingly, twisting their tongues.read · scan
- p. 966–967Saying what one does not do is hateful to God; forging lies against God is the worst injustice.read · scan
- p. 1004–1005Those who misbelieve invent lies against God; the guided are not harmed by the erring.read · scan
Martin Luther, The Ninety-Five ThesesVol. 36
- p. 256–257Preachers must not preach their own dreams in place of the Pope's commission; contrivances injure charity and truth.read · scan
Martin Luther, Address to the Christian Nobility of the German NationVol. 36
- p. 283–284Luther cites Peter's warning of false teachers who make merchandise of believers with feigned words.read · scan
- p. 295Canon law and the Donation of Constantine are called gross lies accepted as Christian doctrine.read · scan
Martin Luther, Concerning Christian LibertyVol. 36
- p. 363Teachers of works-righteousness deceive and never come to knowledge of the truth.read · scan
John Calvin, Dedication of the Institutes of the Christian ReligionVol. 39
- p. 33–34God sends strong delusions to those who receive not the love of truth.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise RegainedVol. 4
- p. 359Satan lied through Ahab's flattering prophets.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 216–217They spread false reports of the Lord and his land.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, English TraitsVol. 5
- p. 430Accepting the church's lie means taking in all that belongs to it; the honest man will not kneel to false gods.read · scan
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